You are an investigative reporter for a large news network. You are working on a news piece identifying how theories of crime explain specific crimes including the demographics of perpetrators and victims. You are required to make a thirty-minute presentation to your producers to convince them to run your story.

Choose a specific crime from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program at the following:

• US Department of Justice, The Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2009). 2008 Crime in the United States: About crime in the U.S. Retrieved from

  http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2008

Research this crime using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet. Be sure to include the UCR and other crime reports in your research

Based on your research, develop a presentation that addresses the following:

• Define the crime. Include both the legal definition and others as necessary.
• Summarize demographics of the crime for both the perpetrators and the victim. Be sure to cover the following:
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity
  • Socioeconomic characteristics
  • Other relevant diversity issues
• Choose two theories of the causes of crime that have been discussed and analyzed so far in the course; apply those theories to the selected crime. Be sure to cover the following:
  • Explain the type of each theory in detail.
  • Discuss the development of each theory and the main theorists associated with them.
  • Compare and contrast the two theories of crime selected. Discuss the ways in which they fit with the crime and the specific demographics associated with the crime.
• Based on your research, develop your own hypothesis of the cause of this crime. Using the theories that you have chosen, you can develop your own “combination” theory.
• Give valid reasons and scholarly, peer-reviewed sources in support of your theory.

You are allowed to present your theory in first person; however, be careful not to abuse this privilege.

Your presentation should include the following:

• A title slide and a reference slide (these will not count towards the total number of slides).
• At least five sentences of speaker notes for each section to clarify anything not included in the slides. (As this is a presentation the slides should cover the main points and the details should be covered in the speaker’s notes.) The speaker notes should be properly referenced.

Develop a 10–15-slide presentation in PowerPoint format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention

Assignment 2: Challenges in the Global Business Environment

Due Week 9 and worth 330 points

According to the textbook, ongoing challenges in the global business environment are mostly attributed to unethical business practices, failure to embrace technology advancements, and stiff competition among businesses. Imagine that you have been appointed as Apple’s Chief Compliance Officer and must prepare a video presentation for Apple’s suppliers regarding Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct to deliver via a web meeting. To prepare for your presentation, review Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct, located athttps://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/. Next, use a tablet, smartphone, laptop, desktop, or traditional video recorder to record a maximum of a five to seven (5-7) minute dynamic video on Apple’s Code of Conduct. Alternatively, you may submit a four to six (4-6) page paper instead of the video submission.

In addition to the recorded video, you must also create a presentation using PowerPoint (or other equivalent software) summarizing the important changes and explanations regarding the code of conduct that you communicated in your video presentation to email to the suppliers after the meeting for future reference.

You must submit both parts of the assignment to receive full credit.

Note: If you are using a tablet or smartphone you will need to email the video file to yourself, then save it to a computer in order to upload to Blackboard. You may want to upload your video to a file sharing service, such as Dropbox, if your email will not let you send a large video file. Dropbox is accessible from all smartphones and tablets from the Dropbox app.

Once you are ready to upload your video to Blackboard, view the Kaltura video tutorial found in your online course shell (Week 9).

Please use the following naming convention in the popup window for your video once it is finished uploading:

• Title: Your First Name, Your Last Name – Challenges in the Business Environment
• Tags: BUS475, Business Environment
• Description: First Name, Last Name – BUS475 Assignment 2 (Date Uploaded ex. 11-14-2014)

Part 1: Video Presentation OR Paper

Prepare and present a video that is a maximum of five to seven (5-7) minutes OR write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. List specific changes that Apple has made to its Code of Conduct in recent years. Provide at least one (1) example of each change.
2. Explain the identified changes to the suppliers in such a way that they will understand the standards that Apple requires in order to maintain their relationship with the company.

Part 2: PowerPoint Presentation

Create a six to eight (6-8) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:

1. Summarize Apple’s Supplier Responsibility information.
2. Discuss Apple’s stance on each of the following areas:

1. 1. Empowering workers
   2. Labor and Human Rights
   3. Health and Safety
   4. The Environment
   5. Accountability

1. Identify the key ways that Apple’s Progress Report has changed since last year.
2. Examine the manner in which Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a socially responsible organization.
3. Provide detailed speaker notes of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.
4. Submit a reference page with at least two (2) quality references that you have used for this presentation / paper. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your PowerPoint presentation must follow these formatting requirements:

• Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title and reference slides are not included in the required slide length.

Assignment 2: Challenges in the Global Business Environment

Due Week 9 and worth 330 points

According to the textbook, ongoing challenges in the global business environment are mostly attributed to unethical business practices, failure to embrace technology advancements, and stiff competition among businesses. Imagine that you have been appointed as Apple’s Chief Compliance Officer and must prepare a video presentation for Apple’s suppliers regarding Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct to deliver via a web meeting. To prepare for your presentation, review Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct, located athttps://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/. Next, use a tablet, smartphone, laptop, desktop, or traditional video recorder to record a maximum of a five to seven (5-7) minute dynamic video on Apple’s Code of Conduct. Alternatively, you may submit a four to six (4-6) page paper instead of the video submission.

In addition to the recorded video, you must also create a presentation using PowerPoint (or other equivalent software) summarizing the important changes and explanations regarding the code of conduct that you communicated in your video presentation to email to the suppliers after the meeting for future reference.

You must submit both parts of the assignment to receive full credit.

Note: If you are using a tablet or smartphone you will need to email the video file to yourself, then save it to a computer in order to upload to Blackboard. You may want to upload your video to a file sharing service, such as Dropbox, if your email will not let you send a large video file. Dropbox is accessible from all smartphones and tablets from the Dropbox app.

Once you are ready to upload your video to Blackboard, view the Kaltura video tutorial found in your online course shell (Week 9).

Please use the following naming convention in the popup window for your video once it is finished uploading:

• Title: Your First Name, Your Last Name – Challenges in the Business Environment
• Tags: BUS475, Business Environment
• Description: First Name, Last Name – BUS475 Assignment 2 (Date Uploaded ex. 11-14-2014)

Part 1: Video Presentation OR Paper

Prepare and present a video that is a maximum of five to seven (5-7) minutes OR write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. List specific changes that Apple has made to its Code of Conduct in recent years. Provide at least one (1) example of each change.
2. Explain the identified changes to the suppliers in such a way that they will understand the standards that Apple requires in order to maintain their relationship with the company.

Part 2: PowerPoint Presentation

Create a six to eight (6-8) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:

1. Summarize Apple’s Supplier Responsibility information.
2. Discuss Apple’s stance on each of the following areas:

1. 1. Empowering workers
   2. Labor and Human Rights
   3. Health and Safety
   4. The Environment
   5. Accountability

1. Identify the key ways that Apple’s Progress Report has changed since last year.
2. Examine the manner in which Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a socially responsible organization.
3. Provide detailed speaker notes of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.
4. Submit a reference page with at least two (2) quality references that you have used for this presentation / paper. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your PowerPoint presentation must follow these formatting requirements:

• Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title and reference slides are not included in the required slide length.

1- In your opinion, what is the importance of portfolio revision and the role of common types of formula plans in timing purchase and sale decisions. What is your take on progression of the Markowitz portfolio model into the capital market theory? Are you applying it in your own portfolio project? .                                       

2.What are the techniques used to measure the amount invested, current income, capital gains, and total portfolio return relative to the amount of money actually invested in the portfolio? Do you think that Statistical measures and uses like Sharpe’s, Treynor’s, and Jensen’s Information ratio measures are effective to measure portfolio return?

3.Discuss the investment process and the general steps relating to it. Briefly discuss the three phases in the investor life cycle. Explain the dilemma posed when attempting to measure the risk tolerance or preferences of a client, especially as it relates to (a) indifference or utility curves and, (b) Prospect Theory What is the importance of every financial advisor creating an investment policy statement for each client

4.What is the duration of a bond? How was duration considered in the selection of bonds in your portfolio management project? Contrast the differences between option writing and option buying? How would you have considered the selection if NOT used in your portfolio?

5.Briefly explain why having similarly correlated assets in a portfolio may actually be more risky than having assets with a low degree of correlation. Describe how historical and expected relationships between assets aid in the generation of an “efficient frontier” of potential portfolios for consideration.                                                                       

Distinguish between strategic asset allocation and tactical asset allocation. Briefly explain how the “January effect” anomaly contradicts the efficient market hypothesis or theory. Give examples to substantiate your answer.

6.How is the current Investment News of Ali Baba and Yahoo’s collaboration as well as the Initial Public Offering of the Company in US Markets? How it may affect the Investment possibilities of many investors in USA? How would you evaluate the effect of latest Ecoli scare at some Chipotle’s restaurants on their stock prices?

1- In your opinion, what is the importance of portfolio revision and the role of common types of formula plans in timing purchase and sale decisions. What is your take on progression of the Markowitz portfolio model into the capital market theory? Are you applying it in your own portfolio project? .                                       

2.What are the techniques used to measure the amount invested, current income, capital gains, and total portfolio return relative to the amount of money actually invested in the portfolio? Do you think that Statistical measures and uses like Sharpe’s, Treynor’s, and Jensen’s Information ratio measures are effective to measure portfolio return?

3.Discuss the investment process and the general steps relating to it. Briefly discuss the three phases in the investor life cycle. Explain the dilemma posed when attempting to measure the risk tolerance or preferences of a client, especially as it relates to (a) indifference or utility curves and, (b) Prospect Theory What is the importance of every financial advisor creating an investment policy statement for each client

4.What is the duration of a bond? How was duration considered in the selection of bonds in your portfolio management project? Contrast the differences between option writing and option buying? How would you have considered the selection if NOT used in your portfolio?

5.Briefly explain why having similarly correlated assets in a portfolio may actually be more risky than having assets with a low degree of correlation. Describe how historical and expected relationships between assets aid in the generation of an “efficient frontier” of potential portfolios for consideration.                                                                       

Distinguish between strategic asset allocation and tactical asset allocation. Briefly explain how the “January effect” anomaly contradicts the efficient market hypothesis or theory. Give examples to substantiate your answer.

6.How is the current Investment News of Ali Baba and Yahoo’s collaboration as well as the Initial Public Offering of the Company in US Markets? How it may affect the Investment possibilities of many investors in USA

1- In your opinion, what is the importance of portfolio revision and the role of common types of formula plans in timing purchase and sale decisions. What is your take on progression of the Markowitz portfolio model into the capital market theory? Are you applying it in your own portfolio project? .                                       

2.What are the techniques used to measure the amount invested, current income, capital gains, and total portfolio return relative to the amount of money actually invested in the portfolio? Do you think that Statistical measures and uses like Sharpe’s, Treynor’s, and Jensen’s Information ratio measures are effective to measure portfolio return?

3.Discuss the investment process and the general steps relating to it. Briefly discuss the three phases in the investor life cycle. Explain the dilemma posed when attempting to measure the risk tolerance or preferences of a client, especially as it relates to (a) indifference or utility curves and, (b) Prospect Theory What is the importance of every financial advisor creating an investment policy statement for each client

4.What is the duration of a bond? How was duration considered in the selection of bonds in your portfolio management project? Contrast the differences between option writing and option buying? How would you have considered the selection if NOT used in your portfolio?

5.Briefly explain why having similarly correlated assets in a portfolio may actually be more risky than having assets with a low degree of correlation. Describe how historical and expected relationships between assets aid in the generation of an “efficient frontier” of potential portfolios for consideration.                                                                       

Distinguish between strategic asset allocation and tactical asset allocation. Briefly explain how the “January effect” anomaly contradicts the efficient market hypothesis or theory. Give examples to substantiate your answer.

6.How is the current Investment News of Ali Baba and Yahoo’s collaboration as well as the Initial Public Offering of the Company in US Markets? How it may affect the Investment possibilities of many investors in USA? How would you evaluate the effect of latest Ecoli scare at some Chipotle’s restaurants on their stock prices?